Category: General

Jacket

Not to be confused with the clothing item. This is a SePitori term for R10 (Ten Rands). In other parts of South Africa, R10 is referred to as Tiger

Ke shota ka jacket, ntjaka.

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5 Bob

Refers to the 50 cents coin.

Kid: How much are these chips
My friend: They are 5 bob, my friend.

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2 Bob

2 bob refers to the 20 cent coin

Uncle: My boy, go buy me some bread at the shop, I will give you 2 bob when you come back.

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6-9

A term that refers to the act of urinating or using the toilet.

This beer is making me 6-9 every 15 minutes.

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Klipa

Refers to R100 (One hundred Rands. One Klipa would mean R100, 2 klipa - R200, etc.

Guy 1: How much did you pay for a box of cigarettes during lockdown.

Guy 2: I got this 20s for 2 klipa.

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Tiger

Not to be confused with the animal... This refers to R10 (Ten Rands). One tiger would mean R10, Two tiger would mean R20, Five tiger - R50, etc. When you get to R100, it becomes a Klipa. R200 - Two klipa, etc.

We only need 3 tiger to add to the money we have and get that case of beer.

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Fighter

A general term used to refer to a member of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF).

We are led by a very good fighter.

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Spaza

Not to be confused with Spaza shop... Is the name used to refer to Xhosa rap or Xhosa hip hop. It is not clear how the name went from being a kasi shop to a music genre.

You know guys from cape Town like listening to Spaza music.

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Tilili

A term Xhosa people use to refer to those small cellphones with no internet. Those phones you just use for calls and sms. They call it lepopotane in SePitori.

Yho mntase I saw his tilili hidden in the spare wheel of his car. Caba he didn't want me to see that he uses it for his hoes.

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Lepopotane

A term in Sepitori that refers to those small cellphones with no internet. Those phones you just use for calls and sms. Xhosa people call it tilili

I use my lepopotane for my side chicks, and I make sure I hide it inside the spare wheel so that my main chick doesn't see it.

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